- What is your final year project? Tell me something about it. (as we had not even started making our project by that time, I didn’t know what we would do in that but neither did the interviewer know. So I told him whatever I wrote in my project synopsis- the modules in the project, the objective, its applications, language used, etc.)
- (As I told that my project was based on JSP so he started asking me questions from it.) What is page directive(I told it)
- What is AJAX (I told it somewhat wrong, and said that I’m not sure)
- Ok. What are servlets? (told it)
- What is the relation between JSP and Servlets( at first I told it wrong, then he gave me a hint and I corrected it.)
- Have you heard about Quick Sort? What is it? (I was not sure. Just knew that it has a pivot element and we have to compare it with some other elements. Told him such things.)
- He handed me the paper and told me to take few numbers and show on them how quick sort is done. (I knew that i couldn’t so I just took few numbers, told him the first element is pivot and then we find the element smaller than it from right side)
- He looked at me and said “Do you not think that we take middle element as pivot?” (I in my mind thought that yes he was right we take middle one as pivot , but told him confidently- No sir, we took the first element as pivot in our academics)
- He nodded and then asked which one was efficient( I told him taking middle one as pivot was more efficient)
- He asked me something about RDBMS. (I told him Sorry sir, I have no idea about that.)
Though my interview went out totally frustrating with the only good thing being my CONIDENCE (even in saying that I didn’t know the answer). After 2 hours I got my call for MR round 
Tips:
- Be confident. Don’t hesitate in saying even that you don’t know the answer.
- They are not looking for students with best technical knowedge, but the students with the medium knowledge, greater potential, and most importantly confidence.
- Study not focussing only on your area of interest, but just take a look of basic definitions of important topics especially related to your project. (like AJAX, JSP, Servlet, 1NF, 2NF, Indexing, etc. ) Brush up about every type of sorting logics (bubble, selection, quick, insertion), and common programs like palindrome, swapping 2 nodes in a linked list, etc.
- Greet Good Morning/Evening with a smile when you enter and sit only when asked to(if not asked, then ask yourself to sit), Talk in a relaxed mood but not too relaxed(don’t speak like he is your chuddy-buddy).
- To reduce stress after clearing this round, just think about both outcomes (if I’m selected then that would be great but If I’m not then at least I cleared 2 rounds when 100s of people couldn’t. This worked for me. )
Round 3: MR (Managerial Interview Round)
This was the best round according to me.
There were only 2 panels for this round.
I was called in. I entered , smiled and greeted him .
The interviewer was an aged person and looked much experienced and friendly.
He : (taking a look at the application form) So Ms. Nirmal..
I: Sorry sir, my name is Swechchha Agarwal, That’s my mother’s name which you are taking.
He: (taking a look again)Ohh (smiling a bit) my mistake, its Swechchha.
(Some person entered meanwhile for handling him something)
He: So Nirmal, tell me something about yourself.
I: Sir, I am Swechchha Agarwal…(hoping to continue the intro)
He: Ohh again sorry. (smiling)Let me correct it here(working on his laptop for a minute) Ok now continue.
I: (told my complete intro)
He asked me about my family.
I told him that I had a joint family with 11 members .
He smiled and said that was very good.
He asked me about my hobbies (painting,sketching)
So u make human sketches also?(Sir, I have tried my hand on them, but its just my hobby and not my talent so i’m not good in it)
Don’t you do anything else in your hobby like sports(Sorry sir I’m not good in that.)
He asked me about my strategy to achieve success in organization(dont tell only hardwork tell about the smartwork, punctuality, learning from experience, self-teaching, etc.)
He asked me “Why you want to join TCS”(Sir as I know many employees there I have come to know a lot about this company , its good friendly environment, platform to learn, etc. .. )
He asked me about my last project and why I developed it, i.e. its objective(told him)
He asked me what have I learnt in Software Engineering(that softwares are not developed by just coding them . If we want them to be a real success, then there are steps to follow:Reqt specification, analysis, design, testing, review)
He asked me what I have learnt in Industrial Management which was also a subject in my curriculum( I told him importance about human relations in company, stress management…)
He asked me how to manage stress?(I told him what I learnt in that subject like job rotation to reduce fatigue, etc.)
He told me that”You have told me how to reduce other’s stress as a manager, now tell me how will you reduce your stress? (I told him through a little chat with peers, taking breaks in work, through hobby practising)
He again reminded me that I must practise something in Sports as my hobby to reduce stress (I know sir i should but just sports are not my type )